Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 6.04. Seller Inventory # 303860075X-2-4
Synopsis: Widely disliked in their heyday and only recently beginning to be appreciated, brutalist buildings around the world are at risk of being lost—in many cases to demolition, and in some to insensitive reconstructions that would forever alter buildings’ appearance beyond recognition. SOS Brutalism is a distress signal, an attempt to galvanize public awareness of the architectural heritage that is at risk of being forever lost. The book, result of a major collaborative research undertaking by Deutsches Architektur Museum DAM and Wüstenrot Foundation, presents a global survey of brutalist architecture of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, covering around 120 key buildings from the period from around the world, many of them little-known and in imminent danger of destruction. Case studies of hotspots such as the Macedonian capital Skopje or New Haven, Connecticut, and essays on the history and theory of brutalism round out this groundbreaking and lavishly illustrated book.
About the Author:
Oliver Elser is a curator at Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM in Frankfurt am Main. Philip Kurz is managing director of Wüstenrot Foundation in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Peter Cachola Schmal is director of Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM in Frankfurt am Main.
Title: SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey
Publisher: Park Books
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine condition copy, together with Brutalism and card sleeve as originally sold. See photos. Seller Inventory # 002809
Book Description Large Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Corners lightly creased. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 2017 Large Softcover. 180 pp. A study of the 1950s architectural style emphasizing structure over decoration, featuring articles submitted by seventeen authors as contributions to the international symposium in Berlin in 2012. This volume is meant to accompany SOS Brutalism - A Global Survey. Many buildings in this style are in danger of being lost, as they are often viewed as unattractive. Color and black-and-white photographs throughout. Seller Inventory # 2333789
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Two volumes in broken strap HB and PB 1st Park Books; like new unread copy. Seller Inventory # mon0000313473